Today in history, Nov 24th!

Some of the great historical events that happened today in history, on November 24th!

Today’s historical facts are from various sites including, but not limited too: the History Channel, The New York Times, WHG Historynet.com, HistoryOrb.com, and On This Day blogs from my blogroll.

http://hankeringforhistory.com/2012/11/24/today-in-history-nov-24th/

1784	Zachary Taylor, the 12th president of the United States, was born in Orange County, Va.
1859	Charles Darwin publishes The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or The Preservation of Favored Races in the Struggle for Life. The first printing of 1,250 copies sells out in a single day.
1863	In the Battle Above the Clouds, Union Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker’s forces take Lookout Mountain, near Chattanooga, Tennessee.
1864	Kit Carson and his 1st Cavalry, New Mexico Volunteers, attack a camp of Kiowa Indians in the First Battle of Adobe Walls.
1871	The National Rifle Association was incorporated.
1902	The first Congress of Professional Photographers convenes in Paris.
1912	Austria denounces Serbian gains in the Balkans; Russia and France back Serbia while Italy and Germany back Austria.
1927	Federal officials battle 1,200 inmates after prisoners in Folsom Prison revolt.
1938	Mexico seizes oil land adjacent to Texas.
1939	In Czechoslovakia, the Gestapo execute 120 students who are accused of anti-Nazi plotting.
1944	American B-29s flying from Saipan bomb Tokyo.
1947	A group of writers, producers and directors that became known as the “Hollywood 10″ was cited for contempt of Congress for refusing to answer questions about alleged Communist influence in the movie industry.
1949	The Iron and Steel Act nationalizes the steel industry in Britain.
1950	UN troops begin an assault into the rest of North Korea, hoping to end the Korean War by Christmas.
1950	The musical “Guys and Dolls” opened on Broadway.
1961	The United Nations adopts bans on nuclear arms over American protests.
1963	Jack Ruby fatally shoots the accused assassin of President Kennedy, Lee Harvey Oswald, in the garage of the Dallas Police Department.
1969	Apollo 12 returned to Earth after the second manned mission to the moon.
1971	Hijacker D.B. Cooper parachuted from a Northwest Airlines 727 over Washington state with $200,000 in ransom. His fate remains unknown.
1977	Greece announces the discovery of the tomb of King Philip II, father of Alexander the Great.
1979	The United States admits that thousands of troops in Vietnam were exposed to the toxic Agent Orange.
1987	The United States and the Soviet Union agreed to scrap shorter- and medium-range missiles in the first superpower treaty to eliminate an entire class of nuclear weapons.
1989	Czechoslovakia’s hard-line party leadership resigned after more than a week of protests against its policies.
1991	Rock singer Freddie Mercury of Queen died at age 45 of pneumonia brought on by AIDS.
2010	A jury in Austin convicted former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, R-Texas, on charges he’d illegally funneled corporate money to Texas candidates in 2002. (DeLay is appealing a three-year prison sentence.)